Stock-feeding device.



F. H. SCHULTZ. STOCK FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEILM, 1913.

1,080,931 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPM CO..WASHINOTON, D. c.

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inseam- Specification of Letters Patent.

STOCK-FEEDING DEVICE.

Application filed February 24. 1913. Serial No. 751,146.

To an whom it may concern Be it known that I, FERDINAND SCHULTZ, acitizen of the United States, residing at Treynor, in the county ofPottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and usefulStoek-Feeding Device, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my inventionis to provide astoclt feeding device ofsimple, durable and inexpensive construction especially designed forfeeding prepared foods, especially those having medicinal elements, andin such a way that a small amount. may be fed at a time and anadditional supply furnished for a considerable period of time. p p

More particularly it is my purpose to furnish a device of the kindmentioned made of comparatively light and inexpensive material, soconstructed and arranged as to have great strength and rigidity, and inwhich the parts are comparatively small in number.

A further object is to provide such a feed-. ing device inwhich thesides made of metal are so shaped and formed as to be reinforced atvarious points, to give said parts greater strength, in which said sidesare so shaped as to form a feeding chute.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction,arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, wherebythe objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter set. forth,pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwl1ich- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of stock feeding deviceembodying my inventioni Fin: 2 shows a central vertical sectional viewthrough. the same taken at right angles to the view. shownin Fig. 1.Fig. 3 shows a horizontal. sectional view with partof the chute cutaway. "Fig. 4 shows a detail sece.

tional view taken on the line 4-4: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows a detailsectional view of part of the top of my device illustrating arrangementof lock or latch.

As hereinbefore stated it is my purpose to form my device of few partsand my in vention lies in the details of construction whereby said partsare so arranged and formed as to enable me to build a device with aminimum of parts and weight and a maximum of strength.

In the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate the upright end members of my stock feeding H. made of wood.

bers 10 are connected by bottom or floor 11.

()n each side near their lower end the memdevice. The. members 10 arepreferably At their lower ends mem- Patented cc. 9, 1913.

bers 10 are provided with notches in which i are cross members 12.

It will be seen that i the members 1 0--1112 form a trough extendingflanges 16, designed to receive the edges ofthe end member 10 and torest against the outer surface thereof. Flanges 16 aresecured to the endmembers 10 by means of screw threaded bolts 17 and nuts 18. The portions15 are provided at each sideedgewith right angle flanges 19. Theportionslo are somewhat narrower than portions. 14:, and extenddownwardly and inwardly toward each other between the members 10 andform a chute as shown in Fig. 2. The flanges 19 are designed torestagainst the inner surfaces of the end membars 10 and are secured theretoby means ofscrew threaded bolts 20 and nuts 21. The

loweredges or ends of the members 14- are bent or rolled outward fromeach other to form cyliud ers 22. Mounted in the cylinders 22 are rods23 which extend through the end Walls 10 and serve to reinforce andstrengthen my stock feeding device. The rods or bolts 23 are providedwith heads 2% y at one endand are securely threaded atthe other end toreceive nuts 25. Each body portion of 14 at; its upper end is bentorfolded inwardly over the top of the device andithen outwardly toward thebody portion 14; forming! a flat roll or fold 26, which serves togreatly strengthen and reinforce the device. On the inside of the endmembers 10 at the top I provide reinforcing strips :27 preferably madeof wood.

I provide a lid or cover for my improved stock feeding device which isconstructed as follows: I provide a rectangular body portion 28 havingsquareportions out out of the corners and then having the edges turneddown and forming downwardly extending flanges 29, which receive theupper ends of the members 10 and 14. The lower edges of the flanges 29are bent or rolled outwardly to form cylinders 30 in which are receivedrein-forcing rods 31. The lid or cover 28 is hinged to one of the endsof the device in the following manner: The upper ends of flanges 16engaging one of the end members 10 are provideo with vertical slits atthe corners of the device. They are then folded outwardly and downwardlyforming cylinders 32 in line with each other and the ends or" the stripsformed by the upper ends of said flanges 16 are folded over against thebody of said flanges 16 and are secured th reto and to the members 10and 27 by means of screw threaded bolts and nuts 34. Portions of one ofthe flanges 29 and cylinders 30 are cut away at 35, and the cylinders 32are received in said notches with red 31 received in said cylinders. Bymeans of the construction ust described the top or lid 28 is hinged tothe iiange 16. (in the side of the cover 28 opposite that on whichhinges are formed I preferably cut away a small per ion of the flange 29and cylinder 30 and mount on the rod 31 the cylinder 36 of the latchdevice 38. Said latch device 28 is provided with a slot- 39 receivestaple 40.

One or" the great advantages of my improved stock feeding device lies inthe econoimy of its practical construction. 'he wocde parts may be cutin the ordinary way and the metal oarts may be made by dies. The sidemembers are cut and formed all identically the same size and shape andpreferably formed a single. operation. The top or cover is formed at oneoperation wnh the flange 29, and the cylinder 30 with the rod o wire 31inclosed. therein formed at another operation. The side members are thenslipped into position and bolted to the end members 10. The portion ofthe flanges oi: the side members from which the hinges re to be madeextend upwardly. The cover is tl en pla ed on the top of the device withthe hinge forming members extending through slots 35. The hinges arethen bent over, formed and bolted. The actual construction of the partsis done very rapidly and with comparatively few operations and when thedevice is completed it is made of light and inexpensive material soformed as to be strongly reinforced at the proper points.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a device of the class described, a framecomprising upright end members side members each having laterallyextending flanges secured to the outer surfaces of sair. end members,said side members having downwardly and inwardly extending portionsprovided with flanges secured to said end members and a cover havingdownwardly extending flanges, the downwardly extending flanges of oneside being rolled to form cylinder having notches cut out to rece'vehinge members and a rod received in said cylinder, portions of theflanges of the main body of one of said side members beextended throughsaid notches and then around said rod to form hinges.

2. In. a derice of the class described, a frame, comprising upright endmembers,

side members, each having laterally extend ing flanges secured to theouter surfaces of said end members, said side members having downwardlyand inwardly extending portions provided with flanges secured to saidend portions and a cover h ving clownextending flanges and cylindersrined at the lower edges in said flanges, a d received in saidcylinders, portions of c of said cylinders being cut away to rere hingemembers, portions of said first described flanges of one of said sidemem bers being extended around said rod to form hinges.

Des Moines, 121., Feb. 1, 1913.

FERDINAND H. SCHULTZ.

lVitnesses Jon Snenonr, JORGEN JENSEN.

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